A historic moment for the Chinese Navy! Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group sailed continuously southward in the Western Pacific from December 20th to 23rd.
From December 23rd to December 25th, we arrived at the U.S. Naval Base: Guam , 500 kilometers west, and conducted maneuver drills.
This is the first time since the founding of the Chinese Navy that the US Naval Base: Guam has been included in the firepower strike range of carrier-based aircraft . This is also the first time that a Chinese naval aircraft carrier formation has arrived at Guam, which is of great significance.
According to information released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense, China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group arrived 500 kilometers west of Guam on December 24th and 25th.
J-15 takes off!
J-15 takes off the moment!
The aircraft carrier battle group has been active around Guam for three consecutive days and conducted takeoff and landing drills of the carrier-based aircraft J-15.
And 500 kilometers happens to be the best attack radius of the J-15, demonstrating the Chinese aircraft carrier battle formation's ability to destroy US naval bases.
Japanese media reported that J-15 has been equipped with live ammunition!
"The enemy can go, and I can go too!" In recent years, the United States has interfered in my country's internal affairs, Taiwan Strait issues, and its evil intentions are clearly exposed. On December 25, the U.S. Congress passed a $10 billion aid bill for Taiwan. It’s time for American politicians to know China’s power!
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group has reached a range of 500 kilometers from Guam. It is no exaggeration to say that for the US Navy, it is a knife rest on the neck. It also makes the United States understand that Guam, the U.S. military’s command center in the Western Pacific, does not have absolute security.
After learning that the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had arrived within 500 kilometers of Guam, at 14:00 pm on December 26, U.S. time, the U.S. Pentagon disclosed the current list of Guam’s anti-missile systems.
From this anti-missile list released by the U.S. Pentagon, the most advanced "Patriot-3" anti-missile system and "THAAD" anti-missile system currently in service of the U.S. military are listed.
This also shows that the U.S. government felt a lot of pressure and "very uncomfortable" with the sudden arrival of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle formation in Guam. In order to calm the hearts of the local people, it announced the anti-missile system deployed on Guam.
Guam
In addition, the U.S. Pentagon also announced that "Guam is an inalienable part of the United States" and "attacking Guam is equivalent to attacking the mainland of the United States." The panic is evident!
For many years, the U.S. Navy has been arbitrarily traversing and "free navigation" in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, coming and going without being polite. The Chinese aircraft carrier battle group's arrival in Guam this time has given the U.S. Navy a taste of the "knife on the neck" feeling!
Guam, this small island with an area of 549 square kilometers and 10,000 kilometers (yes, 10,000 kilometers) from the mainland of the United States and 3,000 kilometers from China, has great strategic and tactical significance for the United States, and is one of the bridgeheads for attacking China.
The US Air Force Base in Guam
Guam is crucial to the US Navy and the security of the United States. It is located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, the southernmost tip of the Mariana Islands, hanging alone in the Western Pacific Ocean. The island was seized from Spanish colonists in 1898 during the war between the United States and Spain.
After World War II, especially during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, in order to prevent the "red power" of the Soviet Union and other socialist countries from spreading to the Western Pacific and even the entire Pacific through the Sea of Japan, the US military deployed three consecutive lines of defense, which are the so-called three " island chains ".
The military port in Guam
The first island chain : It is composed of the US military in Japan, the US military in South Korea, and the US military in Singapore and Philippines , forming an offshore encirclement of the Asian continent;
The second island chain : the core is Guam. With Guam as the base, it connects the Yokosuka Base of the US military stationed in Japan, the Mariana Islands base, Palau Islands , etc. to form a second encirclement. At the same time, Guam is also the command center of the US Navy in the Western Pacific.
The third island chain : It is centered on the Hawaiian Islands including Pearl Harbor . This island chain is more of a logistics base and reserve force for the US military, and is the last line of defense for the US military in the Pacific.
Satellite image of Andersen Air Force Base in Guam
Among them, the second island chain is very important to the United States, playing a role in controlling the entire Pacific Ocean. The United States also operated here for many years after World War II and wanted to build it into an "unsinkable aircraft carrier".
Currently, there are US military B-2 "Phantom" stealth strategic bombers stationed in Guam. The latest B-21 "Raider" stealth bomber has been released and is expected to gradually replace B-2, B-1 and B-52.
In addition to the B-21 strategic stealth bombardment, the US military's highly advanced "Seawolf-class" attack nuclear submarine is also deployed on the island. In addition, multiple large amphibious assault ships and at least one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier are deployed in Guam year-round.
The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan
It can be seen that the US Navy's forward deployment in Guam is very powerful for the Asia-Pacific region , which also means that Guam is very important to the US military.
On Guam, the US military has an air base that can take off and land strategic bombers and other types of fighter aircraft and bombers : Andersen Air Force Base .
Anderson Air Force Base, located just north of Guam, has three highest-quality runways. The bombers and strategic bombers stationed at the airport can complete bombing missions against all countries in the Asia-Pacific within 6 hours.
The US military B-2 strategic stealth bomber
The base can take off and land all US military active military aircraft, including the US military's largest military transport aircraft C-5 "Super Galaxy". At the same time, the air force base also assumes the role of logistics support from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean.
In addition to Anderson Air Force Base, in the northeast of Guam, the US military also has a military dock with a water depth of 10 meters: Apra Naval Base .
This naval base can dock more than 90 battleships and submarines at the same time. During non-war times, it can carry out logistics supply, maintenance and other tasks for at least one US aircraft carrier battle group.
In addition to air force bases and naval bases, the US military has deployed a large number of military communication equipment and satellite communication equipment on Guam, which is an information processing center in the Western Pacific.
Liaoning
So, this 549-square-kilometer Guam has been built into an "unsinkable aircraft carrier " by the US military. If Guam is destroyed, it means that the second island chain will be self-defeating! It also means that if there is "something going on in the southeast" in our country in the future, the destroyed Guam will not be able to organize and coordinate its naval armed forces for rescue.
After the founding of New China, Guam, as an island isolated in the Western Pacific and more than 3,000 kilometers away from China, has always been beyond our reach. But with the development of China's military power, Guam is "increasingly unsafe."
Dongfeng 26, completely covering Guam
First of all, Dongfeng 26 and other series of missiles can attack it. This is a high-speed, low-altitude weapon that flies close to the sea level. When it reaches the target, it will maneuver and change orbit again to attack. It is difficult for the US military's existing anti-missile system to provide early warning.
The other is China's latest improved H-6 bomber. The improved H-6 combat radius can just cover Guam, not to mention the upcoming strategic stealth bomber that will be launched in the future to compete with the US B-2: the H20 stealth strategic bomber.
Compared with Dongfeng 26 and H-6, the strike power of the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier strike group is more intuitive, more sustainable, and more powerful.
J-15
The Liaoning ship has 24 J-15 carrier-based aircraft (heavy-duty multi-purpose carrier-based fighter), equipped with my country's completely self-produced WS-10 "Taihang" turbofan engine.
Each J-15 carrier-based aircraft can mount 4 KD-88 long-range air-to-ground/air-to-sea missiles or 4 YJ-8 air-to-ship missiles. In addition, it can mount YJ-91 supersonic anti-radiation missiles that are comparable to the US military's "HAM". In addition, there is a 30mm cannon , which can perform ultra-low altitude to air and sea strafing.
In addition to carrier-based aircraft, what the U.S. military is even more afraid of is the three 0.55 million-ton cruise ships (12,500 tons) in China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group, namely: Lhasa, Anshan, and Wuxi.
288 vertical launch systems
3 10,000-ton cruise ships are equipped with a total of 288 vertical launch systems. It can launch supersonic cruise missile , anti-aircraft missiles, ground attack missiles, etc.
Among them, the Changjian hypersonic missile has a range of up to 1,500 kilometers, which means that it can remotely block the US naval force rushing to Guam. The YJ series anti-ship missiles attached to
can attack enemy ships within a range of 700 kilometers. The vertically launched anti-aircraft missiles also put a safety cover on the aircraft carrier. The US military is quite afraid of the 0.55 million-ton large-scale drive.
In addition to the 550,000-ton cruise ship on the surface, there are at least two attack submarines/ nuclear submarines following it underwater. Silent killers like
are best at ambushes. With the gradual improvement of " silencer " technology, our country's submarines will become increasingly difficult to detect. The latest news is that the 094 nuclear submarine has been equipped with the latest "Julang 3" submarine-launched intercontinental missile, which can directly deter the United States mainland without going to the distant sea.
It’s no wonder that the U.S. military had such a big reaction to the Liaoning’s arrival in Guam. This also shows that China is determined to maintain China’s unity at all costs and has the ability and means to destroy all Western intervention forces, including the U.S. military!
For our Chinese Navy, it is a normal operation after arriving in Guam. In the future, the U.S. Navy will surely learn what Chinese-style "free navigation" is. The US military is just a little "unaccustomed" to it now, but they will definitely get used to it in the future!
